Twin Peaks in popular culture

Contents

Episode "Russian Flu" (#1.5) (1990) - There are shown references like sceneries with the Snoqualmie waterfall, music like in Twin Peaks. Also, donuts and cherry pie are offered to Fleischman. A Log Lady is seen through a telescope.

The Monsterpiece Theater segment from Episode 2822 (1991), named "Twin Beaks", has many references such as the Twin Beaks town, the Cookie Monster becoming Agent Cookie, recording a report for Diane, enjoying some "darn fine pie". He interviews the waitress, fellow patron David Finch, and the Log Bird, while receiving valuable direction from Laura, who whispers in his ear. Some extracts this episodes are featured in the Secrets from Another Place extra when recounted by Catherine Coulson.

In the segment "Cookie of Oz" (2014) when the Cookie Monster opens the red door instead of the emerald green one, he enters in the Red Room.

Episode 12: Soul has a dream of the Black Lodge and talks to a small demon which is dancing to jazz music. Later in the series Maka shows up as Laura Palmer.

Darkwing Duck

Episode 44 "Twin Beaks" (1992): "Falling (Instrumental)", is used when the heroes enter Twin Beaks. Launchpad's psychic investigation skills and communication with a log, combines Dale Cooper and the Log Lady. Trudi's Diner is a reference to the Double R Diner and Trudi herself is designed after Nadine Hurley. The discovery of a wrapped in plastic corpse is akin to the discovery of Laura Palmer's body even mimick Pete's lines with "It's Bushroot, he's dead!" followed with "wrapped up in plastic". The sentence "The cows are not what they seem" is also used.

Fringe's second season featured an episode called "Northwest Passage", which had been the original title for Twin Peaks and its pilot. In this episode, Peter finds himself in Washington, eating pie at the local diner, traveling through Snoqualmie, and working with a local sheriff when a girl goes missing

In an episode, Joan Chen appeared as a mistress of alternate-universe Walter Bishop and a doctor Silva (like actor Frank Silva) who ordered cherry pie and coffee.

Fringe's third season also featured the character Walter who is wearing eyeglasses identical to those of Lawrence Jacoby. He also mentions that they were "sent to [him] by a Dr. Jacoby from Washington State", with whom he had worked in the past.

Episode #5.12 "Dual Spires" aired on December 1, 2010, and served as a tribute to Twin Peaks and its 20th anniversary. The episode focuses on the murder of teenaged citizen of a small town in Washington - Dual Spires. Notably, the "enhanced" video states that there are 724 references to Twin Peaks in the episode's closing scene.

The episode featured seven Twin Peaks stars in various roles.

Sheryl Lee as doctor Donna Goodwin, whose first name is a reference to Donna Hayward and Donna's father, Dr. Hayward, was the town doctor and medical examiner.

The chocolate bunny sitting on Shawn's desk references Agent Cooper's famous statement, "Diane, I have in my hand a box of chocolate bunnies."

me@underthenail.com references how BOB left his initials under the fingernails of his victims.

The Welcome To Dual Spires sign is a very close replication of the Welcome to Twin Peaks Sign seen in the intro of every episode of Twin Peaks.

The Sawmill Dinner references both the Double R Diner and the Packard Sawmill which was burned down.

Leo the Cinnamon Owl trophy references the owls theme of Twin Peaks, as well as the name of Leo Johnson.

The mayor of Dual Spires is named "Douglas Fir", referencing the type of trees Agent Cooper takes a liking to in the pilot.

The old mayor is a reference to mayor Dwayne Milford and his brother Douglas.

Gus is introduced as "Lodge Blackman" this is a reference to The Black Lodge.

Jack Smith has completely lost sight in his left eye and only has 30 percent left in the right. This is a reference to the One Eyed Jack's. Later, at the end of the episode he sports an eye patch (itself a reference to Nadine Hurley) further cementing him as One Eyed Jack.

Paula Merral was found along the shore wrapped in plastic. Laura Palmer was famously found along a lake wrapped in plastic.

A question sent to the Psych phone "Who Killed Paula Merral?" is a direct reference to the catchphrase surrounding the Twin Peaks show "Who Killed Laura Palmer?"

Randy Jackson is the equivalent of Bobby Briggs. He hasn’t been communicating with his father just as Bobby hasn’t been talking to his own father.

Deputy Frost is a reference to the also very in tune with nature Native American Deputy Hawk and series co-creator Mark Frost.

Doughnuts at the Santa Barbara Police Station are stacked exactly how they were in the Twin Peaks police department, by type and on pieces of paper towel.

Doctor Goodwin compliments a man named Patrick on saving his receipts. Bobby and Shelly find receipts of Leo’s that lead them to a pair of boots containing the cassette tape of Ben Horne blackmailing him into burning down the sawmill.

Coconuts can be seen on the counter of Doctor Goodwin’s office: Twin Peaks’ psychiatrist Doctor Jacoby also had an affinity for coconuts.

The bike chase sequence takes place on a bridge similar to the Ronette's one that is seen in the Pilot.

Sheriff Jackson’s house is similar to that of the Palmers: a ceiling fan can even be seen over the staircase leading to the upper level, this shot a direct copy of one seen repeatedly in Twin Peaks.

Randy is playing a game of darts. He keeps missing when he lies until he tells the truth. This is a reference to an exercise performed by Agent Cooper in Episode 2 in which he throws rocks at a milk bottle mentioning names that start with J until the glass breaks.

Maudette is seen in the episode drinking cherry Coke and making the comment that cherry is just the best and has a cherry tattoo. Audrey joins One Eyed Jack's after tying a cherry stem with her tongue.

Gus say they want to "poke around" they then correct themselves and say "peak" twice each.

A book found in the library is written by Earl Wyndam, referencing Windom Earle.

A prom queen photo can be seen of Paula that is a very close copy of the one seen of Laura Palmer.

Paula kept a secret diary and begins to use Latin as a code because she believes someone has started to read it. The translation mentions the letter J just as Laura was set to meet someone with the initial J on the night that she died.

Lassiter takes on the role of FBI agent who criticizes everything about Twin Peaks and its rustic nature, much like Albert.

Bob Barker lights up a match and holds it in the air like Leland Palmer in Episode 10.

Bob Barker wears a gold ring on his pinky finger, like Coop.

"Paula was a troubled young girl", says her psychiatrist.

Giant plastic ice cream cone at the diner.

Jack was with Paula at the beginning of the night before she disappeared, and they had a fight in the forest, referencing Laura and James's last interaction, mentioned in the Pilot and depicted in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.

Sheriff Jackson’s speech to Shawn bears some similarities with the one Jean Renault gives Coop in episode 20 ("You shouldn’t have come here...this town used to be a simple place...our business was none of your concern…").

Maudette’s body bag looks like it is "smiling".

Dual Spires is famous for its cinnamon pie and apple cider, and Twin Peaks is famous for cherry pie and "damn fine" coffee.

The Barkers' niece's body is found wrapped in plastic by the lake, and in Twin Peaks, Laura Palmer's body was found "dead, wrapped in plastic" on a rocky beach.

The Barkers have a framed prom photo of the victim wearing a tiara prominently displayed: a similar photo of Laura Palmer remains the iconic Twin Peaks image.

A local teenage boy wears a jeweled crown and in "Peaks," Audrey Horne's little brother wore a Native American headdress.

An old woman and her grandson, like the Tremonds.

The only famous event of Dual Spires is the Sawmill burning in 1958, for Twin Peals it is the Elks Club burning in 1959.

The victim had a meeting with "J" who actually was her secret boyfriend.

Julee Cruise's song "Kool Kat Walk" plays on the jukebox in the end of the episode.

Someone at the dinner is wearing a helmet and banging their head against the dinner table in the same way that Johnny banged his head against the wall after Laura didn’t come to see him.

Bob is wearing exactly the same clothes as Bobby Briggs in the Pilot.

Bob walking backwards, which is how Lynch recorded the Black Lodge scenes.

Carton Lassiter mimics one of the most famous lines of twin peaks "That’s a damn fine cup of cider" with his arm raised in a similar fashion to agent Cooper.

Twin Peaks co-creator David Lynch was originally going to guest star in a speaking role as Mayor Douglas Fir, but Lynch was not asked due to James Roday’s concern over what Lynch would think of the episode[3]

Episode 46, "Stand and Deliver", Scooby-Doo has a dream in the Red Room about following his girlfriend Nova (who's in a comma) (possibly a reference to Laura Palmer), through red curtains and finally meets with a small dancing man (voiced by Michael J. Anderson), who is heavily based on the Man from Another Place.

Episode 48, "Nightmare in Red", the whole Mystery Inc. gang visits the small dancing man from Scooby's dreams who is an author. He sends them in the "sitting room, a world between worlds" through hypnosis to face a monster and uncover its identity and to get his other half (the best part of him) back. These references play an important role in the progress of the show.

Episode "Luck Be a Lady This Season" (#2.1)" (1991) - A scene features Casey and Tina dressed like Shelly Johnson and Audrey Horne eating a donut and drinking coffee. The music playing is similar to "Laura Palmer's theme".

Episode "Blue Velveteen" (#2.3) (2006) - The Wumpus is shown in a surreal fantasy sequence reminiscent of the series. His mumbled speech is subtitled, although the subtitles still make no sense to Greg. This is a reference to the man from another place.

Creator Carlton Cuse said that he was heavily inpired by Twin Peaks.[4]

SmackDown

Segment "Fashion Peaks" from August 1, 2007

Starts with an intro like the one of the revival

Tyler Breeze in a black suit investigates "Deputy" Fandango's disparition (possibly by aliens) linking them to Dale and Laura, he records a message to "Diane" and has fondness for "damn fine " coffee and donuts. Fandango has a missing poster "Have you seen this person" and "disappeared 25 years ago"

Tony Chimmel has the subtitle "Killer Blob" with the sticker "Parasite"

Becky Lynch has the clue "Lynch?!" linking her to David Lynch

Kane as the clue "Fire Walk With Me"

Velvet McIntyre has the subtitle "Blue Velvet McIntyre"

The Bella Twins have the subtitle Bella Twin Peaks

Sting has the subtitle "Eraserhead?" and the sticker "Over my head"

Tyler's coffee turns viscous before the scene turns red

During the red colored dream, Fandango has a red shirt and dance like the Man from Another Place

At the begining of the vision the light flickers and Tyler uses a line similar to Cole in the movie "Fandango, is that you?" to which Fandango answers "em htiw klaw erif"

At some point Tyler says "no wonder this show got cancelled the first time"

Konnor has a log like the Log Lady

Ascension gives a rose to Fandango

Ascension and Fandango laughing is similar to BOB and the doppelganger from episode 29

When waking up Tyler says "I know who kidnapped Fandango" similar to Cooper knowing the killer when waking up in episode 2

Many thematic similarities. Michael J. Anderson plays a character that is thematically similar to the Man from Another Place, though played very differently. Originally conceived as a Twin Peaks spinoff with Audrey Horne as the central character.[5]

If there are several entrances to the Black Lodge across the United States, then they may exist all over the world. In 1896, an Englishman is misteriously found near Ghostwood Forest (Washington State). Special agent Kyle Anderson ("ancestor" of Dale Cooper/Kyle MacLachlan) is sent to the man's home town in England to further investigate. There, he meets Sherlock Holmes. In the end, the creature from the Black Lodge closes down the British access to the Lodge for good, after challenging Sherlock Holmes to find another entrance in North America, if he wants to save several abducted souls.

1896. Sherlock Holmes and Kyle Anderson move to the United States and keep fighting the Black Lodge creature, the same creature that lead Meriwether Lewis to suicide 90 years earlier. Their investigation leads them to "a small town at the foot of two identical mountains" (Twin Peaks name was omitted for copyright reasons).

1910. Fourteen years after the previous episode, an Englishwoman formerly attacked by the Black Lodge creature awakens from her coma, and asks for Sherlock Holmes and Kyle Anderson: half of her soul is still trapped in the Black Lodge. During the investigation, Sherlock Holmes himself is driven to madness, and only the the secret psychic powers of the Elephant Man could save him.

Sigourney carries around a pot, as a reference to the Log Lady, but is used much more for comedic effect.

Special Agent York Morgan is a lover of coffee like Cooper, but puts creamer in it as opposed to Cooper's preference for black coffee. He also uses unconventional methods of investigation and monologues to a person called "Zach," much like Cooper's practice of addressing tapes to Diane.

Anna Graham, whose death sparks the events of Deadly Premonition, is the most popular girl in town and dies from loss of blood. Laura's prom picture can also be found in Anna's room. Her name may also be a reference to both Annie Blackburn and her actress, Heather Graham.

Greenvale, the game's setting, is located in Washington, just like Twin Peaks.

A bag of red powder is found in Quint Dunn's motorcycle gas tank, similar to Bobby planting cocaine in James' gas tank.

Thomas MacLaine can be seen as a reference to Andy and Denise due to his sensitivity and cross-dressing practice, respectively.

In the game's extras, research photos from the development team can be found, taken at various landmarks where Twin Peaks was filmed in Snoqualmie and North Bend, Washington.

There are several references in the game, most notably a Dale Cooper facsimile making a cameo appearance in the Burkittsville Diner, directly using quotes from the television show ("Damn fine cup of coffee... and Hot!"; "This must be where pies go when they die."). His name is given as "Hale" only when chatting to him while the town sheriff is present

Songs by the Finnish Doom metal band Swallow the Sun from their Ghosts of Loss album refer respectively to the Giant and Laura Palmer.

"Transmission 3"

Outro track after the song "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)", DJ Shadow samples the voice of the Giant on the album Endtroducing.....

"The Things I Tell You" & "Hyperborea"

The phrase "Sorry to wake you... I forgot to tell you something... The things I tell you will not be wrong..." by the Giant and Major Briggs' vision of light are respectively sampled on the classic ambient album Substrata by Biosphere.

British Indie Rock band The Wedding Present covered "Falling" in the Hit Parade 1 album (1992)

"Black Lodge"

Song by thrash metal band Anthrax from the Sound of White Noise album (1993) with some help from Angelo Badalamenti.

The hip-hop artist KOOL AD (formerly a part of the rap group known as Das Racist) refers to Twin Peaks in his song by saying "Girls love me 'cause I act like Garfield; watchin' Twin Peaks, bitch, look I'm Laura Palmer.

Sky Ferreira is a fan of Twin Peaks, and the titular song of her debut album Night Time, My Time is inspired by a conversation in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. She will also make an appearance in the upcoming 2017 revival of Twin Peaks.

Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Five - In an Easter egg involving Coach Z in "Alternate Universe", this scene is paid homage to with red curtains and coffee pouring down Coach Z's head, which is what Dale Cooper spilled on himself. Also, Homestar's speech refers to this show by having it sound backwards, which is how the show's actors actually spoke before recording it forwards.

Everything Else, Volume 3 (2007) (V) - In "DNA Evidence", two references to the show are made: first, the opening sequence's music sounds like the theme music of the show; second, the ending in which Strong Sad laughs maniacally and appears in various locations refers to the show's antagonist, Killer Bob.

Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Six (2008) (V) - In an Easter egg for "Underlings", the promo for a TV show called Stink's Reach parodies the opening of this show.